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It seems to me it's a painter's duty to try to put an idea into his work.
Vincent Van Gogh
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Vincent Van Gogh
Age: 37 †
Born: 1853
Born: March 30
Died: 1890
Died: July 29
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Brooklyn
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That I was not suited to commerce or academic study in no way proves that I should also be unfit to be a painter.
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